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Labor Day 2009
by Doug on September 2, 2009 • 0 comments
in Announcement, Featured PhotoOne Photographer, Fun

Here we are again, coming up on Labor Day and it’s starting to feel a little like fall in New England with temperatures dropping into the 40’s at night. With a short holiday week coming up I thought I would share with you a couple of fun, new things our clients are doing.
As I discussed in my last blog post this is a great time of year to explore new avenues and ideas for your business. Kay Eskridge is clearly ahead of the curve and has several new business enhancements up and running. Kay has run a successful portrait studio business in Phoenix, Arizona since 1986 and during that time she has created lots of energy with events like Birthdays Rock, Girls Night In, When I was one, two, three . . . and Paws for a Cause. When I spoke with her the other day she said that she has recently introduced two new websites in addition to her current site: Images by Kay.
Kay has put together a new site called Learn Grow Succeed to promote and develop opportunities for speaking engagements. Kay has often been involved in educational and motivational programming to photography associations across the country and it’s a good time in her career to reengage in something she enjoys — so Learn Grow Succeed acts as a virtual resume and aids in generating ideas. Kay will be speaking at the WPPI Road Trip in Dallas on the 28th of this month.
Kay has also decided to leverage her great studio with her new site Celebrate Sexy. Kay and her staff have created a comfortable studio environment in which to capture images of a woman’s more private personality.
Here's their link if you'd like to see more ...

http://www.photoonesoftware.com/blog/2009/09/labor-day-2009/

New Website Launches

For the past 15 years I've had the amazing opportunity to provide educational and motivational programming to photography associations across the country. I've made some great friends along the way and really enjoyed knowing that I could help other photographers succeed. I also knew that in order to focus on building the new studio I'd need to take a break from speaking. Well, now that the studio is up and running (and I couldn't be more proud of what we built!) it's time for me to recommit myself to something I have such a passion for.

In order to get the word out we developed a new website . . . kind of a virtual resume. And, even though we're still tweaking it, I'm super happy to share it with you.

Check it out by clicking on the link: www.learngrowsucceed.org
Just remember it's .org NOT .com or .net.
Let us know what you think?

Thar Be Whales

I just returned from the most amazing adventure! We went back east to spend time with friends on their boat and while we were about 30 miles off Nantucket we were surrounded by a pod of whales! They were so playful and curious . . . you can see how close they came to the boat. At one point it actually seemed like they were waiving to us!
It was awesome to see how powerful they could be while at the same time graceful. It was quite a day and one I still get goosebumps thinking about. We joke about getting alot of 'tail' in Nantucket :) Enjoy the beauty!

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Fun with my camera

I just spent a weekend up north relaxing at mom and dad's mountain home outside of Payson. We had alot of fun and sure enjoyed the cool moutain air!
Their yard backs-up to the forest and is constantly visited by animals of all types so I spent one morning getting a chance to just 'play' with my camera. The hummingbirds are so busy right now . . . mom spends much of the time just refilling feeders. I learned the hard way that wearing a red shirt is not a smart thing to do when photographing hummingbirds.

Cool news to share!

I just got confirmation that Marathon Press has asked me to present 5 new webinar programs! We had 67 particpate in the last one about Marketing to Mommies so we're super psyched to share again.
Here is the list of dates and program titles so mark your calendars!

9/15 A hot new portrait trend - throw a party

10/7 Wow on a budget - designing a profitable projection room

10/27 Maternity Marketing - great expectations

11/10 Studio face lift - Nip/tucks for just a few bucks

12/8 Celebrate Sexy - boudior is back

What a day we had!

Yesterday was one of those days . . . you know . . . the kind that helps you realize you've chosen the right career.
We had the opportunity to photograph 4 amazing women during our model search for a very exciting project we're working on and the creativity during the process was incredible. I can't thank Shari, Tess, Amber and Jenna for trusting in us and for being so fabulous!!! And to Lisa Stevens from Smooch Cosmetics for the amazing gift she has of taking what a woman has and making her 'diva-licious'.
Keep your eyes out for a blog, email, facebook and e-newsletter blitz to occur in a couple of weeks. Then you can see what we've been up to and why we're super jazzed to be photographers.